Terry Hughes
Highly Cited Researcher, FAA, mentor, tweeting on #science, #environment, #coral #reefs, #climate change, #conservation, Views are my own
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COVID-19: what Australian universities can do to recover from the loss of international student fees
Researchers modelled the impact of the loss of international student fee income on 38 universities.
Marine Pests: Look—Report—Protect
Prevent marine pests establishing in Queensland.
Matt Canavan says Australia doesn't subsidise the fossil fuel industry, an expert says it does
Contrary to the Morrison government's claims, it does prop up the fossil fuel industry. But the money doesn't create many jobs or much profit.
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“The governments of Australia spend A$730,000 each year for every direct job in the coal, oil and gas industry. That equates to A$1,832 for every Australian”.
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Universities will never be the same after the coronavirus crisis
How virtual classrooms and dire finances could alter academia: the first chapter in a week-long series on science after the pandemic.
Pandemic risks wiping out hard-won gains by women in STEM | Science and Technology Australia
Hard won gains for women’s advancement in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) workforce are now at risk of a major setback due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the pandemic hit, women were under-represented in STEM. Early...
Resources industry to receive coronavirus boost with land release for coal and gas exploration in Queensland - ABC News
Almost 7,000 square kilometres of land will be released for coal and gas exploration in central and north Queensland as part of measures to ensure the survival of the resources sector through the coronavirus pandemic, the State Government says.
Terry Hughes
Supporting the fossil fuel “Resources industry” in the 21st Century is grossly irresponsible. This story from @abcnews doesn’t bother to mention climate change, drought, bushfires, or the decline of the #GreatBarrierReef. #auspol
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Could seaweed forests help turn the tide in the fight against climate change?
Kelp trapping atmospheric carbon dioxide could be the ocean's answer to forests in the terrestrial world, scientists say.
U.S. lawmakers unveil bold $100 billion plan to remake NSF
Agency would get a huge technology research arm and a new name
Gas pipeline is either white elephant or fundamental infrastructure — depending on who you ask
Will a trans-Australia gas pipeline drive economic growth for decades, or leave the taxpayer with a white elephant that private industry will never touch?
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Australia: @abcnews story on the economics of burning vast amounts of methane “for 50-100 years”.
ZERO mention of climate change, bushfires, drought, heatwaves, #coral die-backs, emissions targets, or the Paris Agreement.
Responsible journalism?
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Australia's greenhouse gas emissions fall slightly as new clean energy comes online
Reduction largely wiped out by a rise in carbon pollution from big industrial sites, particularly liquefied natural gas plants
Terry Hughes
Australia’s emissions are estimated to be only “2.4% lower than in 2000”, ignoring exported pollution. Two squandered decades - Corals on the #GreatBarrierReef bleached in 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017 & 2020.
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Australia officially the world’s largest exporter of LNG
Australia has formally become the worlds largest exporter of LNG on an annualised basis
The grand old trees of the world are dying, leaving forests younger and shorter
The effects on wildlife and the ability of forests to store CO2 from fossil fuels could be enormous.
Angus Taylor says higher emissions targets ‘not necessarily good policy’
Taylor criticises other countries for setting ambitious emissions targets, while Australia bets on unspecified technology improvements to meet its own targets.
Terry Hughes
You couldn’t make this up: Saving the planet from uncontrolled anthropogenic heating is ‘not necessarily good policy’
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FIFO worker may have brought virus to Blackwater
Health authorities are now investigating whether a fly-in, fly-out worker may have unknowingly brought the coronavirus to a small mining town in central Queensland.
The Australian government has officially given up on climate action
Technology roadmap shows that Australia’s climate plan is to tread water for eternity, while its fossil fuel industries continue their work unabated and unregulated.
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“Australia is now openly rejecting the establishment of emissions reductions targets.” | RenewEconomy
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Blackwater COVID-19 case: BHP must provide mineworkers with full transparency
11 April 2020 Blackwater COVID-19 case: BHP must provide mineworkers with full transparency Mineworkers at Blackwater mine...
Rio Tinto blasts 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine
Mining company was given permission to blast Juukan Gorge cave, which provided a 4,000-year-old genetic link to present-day traditional owners